Northampton Town

2017–18 season
Chairman	Kelvin Thomas
Manager	Justin Edinburgh (until 31 August)[1] Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (from 4 September to 3 April)[2]
Stadium	Sixfields Stadium
League One	22nd
FA Cup	First round
Carabao Cup	First round
Checkatrade Trophy	Second round (s)
Top goalscorer	League: Chris Long (9) All: Chris Long (9)
Highest home attendance	7,231 vs MK Dons
Lowest home attendance	1,118 vs Southampton U21s
Average home league attendance	5,830
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2017–18 season was Northampton Town's 121st season in their history and the second successive season in League One. Alongside competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

As of match played 6 May 2018.

No.	Name	Position	Nat.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
1	David Cornell	GK		Waunarlwydd	(1991-03-28)28 March 1991 (aged 27)	22	0	Oldham Athletic	21 June 2016	Free
13	Richard O'Donnell	GK		Sheffield	(1988-09-12)12 September 1988 (aged 29)	19	0	Rotherham United	9 January 2018	Add-ons
25	James Goff	GK		Northampton	(1999-03-28)28 March 1999 (aged 19)	0	0	Academy	30 April 2017	N/A
Defenders
2	Brendan Moloney	RB		Beaufort	(1989-01-18)18 January 1989 (aged 29)	115	2	Yeovil Town	2 January 2015	Free
3	David Buchanan (c)	LB		Rochdale (ENG)	(1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 32)	143	1	Preston North End	28 May 2015	Free
5	Leon Barnett	CB		Stevenage	(1985-11-30)30 November 1985 (aged 32)	18	1	Bury	31 May 2017	Free
6	Ash Taylor	CB		Bromborough (ENG)	(1990-09-02)2 September 1990 (aged 27)	52	7	Aberdeen	5 July 2017	Free
16	Aaron Pierre	CB		Southall (ENG)	(1993-02-17)17 February 1993 (aged 25)	23	0	Wycombe Wanderers	21 July 2017	Free
18	Aaron Phillips	RB		Warwick	(1993-11-20)20 November 1993 (aged 24)	27	1	Coventry City	3 June 2016	Free
24	Shay Facey	RB		Stockport	(1995-01-07)7 January 1995 (aged 23)	15	1	Manchester City	5 January 2018	Undisclosed
26	Regan Poole	CB		Cardiff	(1998-06-18)18 June 1998 (aged 19)	24	0	Manchester United	7 July 2017	Loan
27	Raheem Hanley	LB		Blackburn	(1994-03-24)24 March 1994 (aged 24)	9	0	Swansea City	14 June 2016	Free
37	Jordan Turnbull	CB		Trowbridge	(1994-10-30)30 October 1994 (aged 23)	14	0	Coventry City	11 January 2018	Add-ons
39	Joe Bunney	LB		Gorton	(1993-09-26)26 September 1993 (aged 24)	12	0	Rochdale	16 January 2018	Undisclosed
Midfielders
4	Yaser Kasim	CM		Karrada	(1991-05-10)10 May 1991 (aged 26)	10	0	Swindon Town	4 July 2017	Free
8	Sam Foley	CM		St Albans (ENG)	(1986-10-17)17 October 1986 (aged 31)	27	3	Port Vale	22 May 2017	Free
11	Daniel Powell	W		Luton	(1991-03-12)12 March 1991 (aged 27)	32	2	Milton Keynes Dons	5 May 2017	Free
14	Sam Hoskins	AM		Dorchester	(1993-02-04)4 February 1993 (aged 25)	102	13	Yeovil Town	1 August 2015	Free
17	Shaun McWilliams	CM		Northampton	(1998-08-14)14 August 1998 (aged 19)	27	0	Academy	30 April 2016	N/A
21	John-Joe O'Toole	CM		Harrow (ENG)	(1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 29)	160	32	Bristol Rovers	30 June 2014	Free
22	Matt Crooks	CM		Leeds	(1994-01-20)20 January 1994 (aged 24)	34	4	Rangers	18 July 2017	£100,000
29	Matt Grimes	CM		Exeter	(1995-06-15)15 June 1995 (aged 22)	47	4	Swansea City	16 August 2017	Loan
36	Jack Bridge	AM		Southend	(1995-09-21)21 September 1995 (aged 22)	4	0	Southend United	5 January 2018	Free
Forwards
10	Kevin van Veen	CF		Eindhoven	(1991-06-01)1 June 1991 (aged 26)	10	0	Scunthorpe United	30 January 2018	Undisclosed
12	Leon Lobjoit	CF		Hatfield	(1995-01-04)4 January 1995 (aged 23)	1	0	Buckingham Town	30 March 2017	N/A
19	Chris Long	CF		Huyton	(1995-02-25)25 February 1995 (aged 23)	42	9	Burnley	28 July 2017	Loan
42	Kevin Luckassen	CF		Eindhoven	(1993-07-27)27 July 1993 (aged 24)	4	1	SKN St. Pölten	9 March 2018	Free

As of 26 June 2017, Northampton Town have announced six pre-season friendlies, against Derby County,^[3] Frome Town,^[4] Northampton Sileby Rangers,^[5] Kettering Town,^[6] Birmingham City 'Dev'^[7] and Newport County.^[8]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Rochdale	46	11	18	17	49	57	−8	51
21	Oldham Athletic (R)	46	11	17	18	58	75	−17	50	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Northampton Town (R)	46	12	11	23	43	77	−34	47
23	Milton Keynes Dons (R)	46	11	12	23	43	69	−26	45
24	Bury (R)	46	8	12	26	41	71	−30	36

  Win   Draw   Loss

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.^[9][10]

On 16 October 2017, the first round draw was made with Northampton Town drawn at home against Scunthorpe United.^[11] A 0–0 draw meant a replay had to be played at Glanford Park.^[12]

On 16 June 2017, the first round draw was made with Northampton Town drawn away against QPR.^[13]

On 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was made with Northampton Town drawn in a group with Southampton U23s, Cambridge United and Peterborough United. After finished as runners-up in the group stages, Northampton were drawn away to Portsmouth in the second round.^[14]

Pos	Lge	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Peterborough United (Q)	3	2	0	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Round 2
2	L1	Northampton Town (Q)	3	0	3	0	0	5	5	0	6
3	ACA	Southampton U21 (E)	3	1	0	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	L2	Cambridge United (E)	3	0	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

No.	Pos	Player	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total			Discipline
			Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
1	GK	David Cornell	6	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	12	–	–	–	–
2	RB	Brendan Moloney	31	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	38	3	–	4	–
3	LB	David Buchanan	32	–	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	36	–	1	3	–
4	CM	Yaser Kasim	4	2	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	8	2	–	–	–
5	CB	Leon Barnett	13	2	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	15	2	1	2	1
6	CB	Ash Taylor	45	–	6	2	–	–	1	–	–	4	–	1	52	–	7	2	1
8	CM	Sam Foley	15	8	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	1	18	9	3	3	–
10	ST	Kevin van Veen	6	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	4	–	2	–
11	W	Daniel Powell	21	8	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	24	8	2	3	–
13	GK	Richard O'Donnell	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	–	–	2	–
14	AM	Sam Hoskins	18	9	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	20	9	2	6	–
16	CB	Aaron Pierre	19	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	23	–	–	3	–
17	CM	Shaun McWilliams	15	4	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	17	4	–	6	–
18	RB	Aaron Phillips	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
19	ST	Chris Long	30	7	9	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	1	–	34	8	9	4	–
21	CM	John-Joe O'Toole	25	4	6	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	5	6	7	1
22	CM	Matt Crooks	29	1	4	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	33	1	4	10	3
24	RB	Shay Facey	13	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	2	1	2	–
25	GK	James Goff	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
26	CB	Regan Poole	18	4	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	20	4	–	2	–
29	CM	Matt Grimes	43	1	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	–	44	3	4	13	–
36	AM	Jack Bridge	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	–	–	–
37	CB	Jordan Turnbull	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	–	–	2	–
39	LB	Joe Bunney	11	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	1	–	1	–
40	LM	Morgan Roberts	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
42	ST	Kevin Luckassen	1	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	1	1	–
Players out on loan:
7	ST	Billy Waters	9	8	–	–	2	–	1	–	–	2	1	–	12	11	–	3	–
12	ST	Leon Lobjoit	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
15	AM	Dean Bowditch	3	8	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	–	5	11	–	1	–
23	ST	Joe Iaciofano	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–
27	LB	Raheem Hanley	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	4	1	–	–	–
30	GK	Luke Coddington	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Players no longer at the club:
9	ST	Marc Richards	7	12	1	1	1	–	–	1	–	3	–	–	11	14	1	–	–
9	ST	Boris Mathis	2	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	–	–	–
10	ST	Alex Revell	10	5	2	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	1	1	12	6	3	–	–
13	GK	Matt Ingram	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	–	–	–	–
20	LB	George Smith	5	1	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	–	8	2	–	–	–
24	CB	Ryan McGivern	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	1	–	–	–
28	RW	Hildeberto Pereira	4	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	8	–	3	1
31	CM	Matt Taylor	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
37	AM	Lewis McGugan	7	2	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	2	1	1	10	3	1	3	–
45	W	Gboly Ariyibi	3	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	9	–	–	–

At the end of the season, Northampton's annual award ceremony, including categories voted for by the players and backroom staff, the supporters, will see the players recognised for their achievements for the club throughout the 2017–18 season.

Player of the Year Award	Ash Taylor
Players' Player of the Year Award	Ash Taylor
Academy Player of the Year Award	Morgan Roberts
Goal of the Season Award	Daniel Powell (vs. Gillingham)

This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (May 2018)

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CB		Leon Barnett	Bury	Free	[15]
1 July 2017	LW		Dean Bowditch	Milton Keynes Dons	Free	[16]
1 July 2017	CM		Sam Foley	Port Vale	Free	[17]
1 July 2017	CF		Leon Lobjoit	Buckingham Town	Free	[18]
1 July 2017	RW		Daniel Powell	Milton Keynes Dons	Free	[19]
1 July 2017	LB		George Smith	Gateshead	Undisclosed	[20]
1 July 2017	CF		Billy Waters	Cheltenham Town	Undisclosed	[21]
4 July 2017	MF		Yaser Kasim	Swindon Town	Free	[22]
5 July 2017	CB		Ash Taylor	Aberdeen	Free	[23]
18 July 2017	DM		Matt Crooks	Rangers	Undisclosed	[24]
21 July 2017	CB		Aaron Pierre	Wycombe Wanderers	Free	[25]
17 August 2017	GK		Luke Coddington	Huddersfield Town	Free	[26]
2 October 2017	CM		Lewis McGugan	Sheffield Wednesday	Free	[27]
3 November 2017	LB		Ryan McGivern	Shrewsbury Town	Free	[28]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	RM		Paul Anderson	Mansfield Town	Released	[29][a]
1 July 2017	CM		Harry Beautyman	Stevenage	Free	[31]
1 July 2017	CB		Zander Diamond	Mansfield Town	Released	[29][b]
1 July 2017	RB		Neal Eardley	Lincoln City	Released	[29][c]
1 July 2017	CB		Rod McDonald	Coventry City	Undisclosed	[34]
1 July 2017	GK		Adam Smith	Bristol Rovers	Released	[29][d]
1 July 2017	RW		Emmanuel Sonupe	Free agent	Released	[29]
1 July 2017	CB		Gabriel Zakuani	Gillingham	Released	[36][e]
8 July 2017	CM		Jak McCourt	Chesterfield	Mutual consent	[38][f]
22 August 2017	LM		Matthew Taylor	Swindon Town	Free	[40]

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
7 July 2017	CB		Regan Poole	Manchester United	30 June 2018	[41]
28 July 2017	CF		Chris Long	Burnley	30 June 2018	[42]
18 August 2017	CM		Matt Grimes	Swansea City	30 June 2018	[43]
31 August 2017	GK		Matt Ingram	Queens Park Rangers	30 June 2018	[44]

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
25 August 2017	GK		James Goff	St Ives Town	22 September 2017	[45]
16 September 2017	GK		Luke Coddington	Wrexham	14 October 2017	[46]
25 September 2017	CF		Leon Lobjoit	Corby Town	24 October 2017	[47]
26 September 2017	FW		Joe Iaciofano	Chesham United	26 November 2017	[48][a]
27 October 2017	CF		Leon Lobjoit	Nuneaton Town	26 November 2017	[49]
13 December 2017	CF		Leon Lobjoit	Corby Town	January 2018